Update: Nobel Peace Prize winner for 2011, Nicolas Sarkozy, has just authorized the use of force in Ivory Coast.

They don't make Nobel peace war prizes like they used to anymore. The 4th war front for the president of peace Barack Obama, who just started his reelection campaign, is almost here. Naturally, don't expect any actual declaration of war. From Reuters:

And all along I thought Libya was all about oil. Now I can see things clearly. Libya IS all about the humanitarian side of things after all. Our, ummm, the UN activity in the Ivory Coast cleared it up for me.

The guy who won the election is Ougadou or something like that, he is a former UN diplomat and was responsible for selling some Ivorian utilities to French firms for a song back in the 90s. Ivory Coast has some really decent infrastructure so I'm sure the French and US would love to get their hands on it. Sorry no links, if I can find I will send along. A french film maker has done a documentary on it, and France's influence over Uranium production in Niger. Great railways and ports in Ivory Coast, almost to developed world status I think...

what freaking Dept. of Defense? On 9-11 (as you well know) our country was attacked (yeah, I know...I smile when I say that) and not a single jet fighter or missile was used to intercept. Imagine that kind of defense. Trillions spent for what? Its a fucking joke.

So not only are they causing the price of oil to explode by invading Libya, but now all the fatties aren't going to be able to afford as much chocolate. Maybe American's will finally revolt as their mars bars go up 50%

Oh, so fucking true, actually.Deception by Diversion. Classic propaganda, part of the Hegelian Dialect.

And reading the French press, with Sarko leading the charge in Libya, the population is going nuts; huge rush of patriotism, pride at a rebirth of French duty and honor. Seriously, read the French press. Written by, for and about the French, not some other country's external view. The old when in doubt, have a war. Sarko's pols skyrocket so WTF, if one is good, have another.

The Fourth Turning and Book of Revelations meets Hope escaping from Pandora's Box.

Ohh, I thought America's attack helicopters had raydomes on the top. Not that I've ever been around one or anything, much less watched them blow the side of a mountain up trying to kill one goat hearder that shot at Canadian troop's.

That was British hedge fund founder Anthony Ward, and he bought 241,000 tons of cocoa beans back in July '10. Wonder if maybe he knew something unpleasant was going to happen to the biggest cocoa producing country in the world.

During the Ivorian Civil War five Mil Mi-24s piloted by mercenaries were used in support of government forces. They were later destroyed by the French Army in retaliation for an air attack on a French base which killed nine soldiers.

Never in all my days would I have dreamed it would be like this. Being born in the 1950's when life was good & simple & local .......... & Dad went to work & paid off a small 15-year mortgage in 10-years & Mom paid $5 for a bag of groceries ....... & then came NIXON & those behind NIXON (HENRY KISSINGER) who thought they could break the last remaining ties to the gold standard & LOOT THE TREASURY for the VIET NAM war....... 57,000 dead ....... MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IS RUNNING THIS COUNTRY ...... WAKE UP PEOPLE .......... we're going into the SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION .

Take a deep breath, and read Candide. If you take the utter insanity too much to heart, it will only destroy you. More is on the way, and resilience is necessary. Focus on that over which you have control.

Take a deep breath, and read Candide. If you take the utter insanity too much to heart, it will only destroy you. More is on the way, and resilience is necessary. Focus on that over which you have control.

Only if the reason is bankruptcy. We can't afford a missile defense shield that may or may not function. If we went to war with Russia, it only would have assured Poland glows in the dark for the next ten thousand years...

thank God for attacking this evil and along thank God for committing this crime. Does God exist and what the heck is his plan? My heart is for the innocent people that are receiving this undeserved punishment. There is no god left, only financials

I hope they'll attack Japan next. Only the military intervention will save the citizens from the stupidest government since the World War II who endanger its own citizens and threatening all lifeforms with radiation.

The decision to go ahead with cloth caps over the reactors was "political decision", say the politicians rather proudly.

nothing like the smell of napalm in the morning....the murdering blood thirsty obama regime has managed to create more wars than caligula bush....

my my my what would the world do without usa bombing the crap out of them? and anyone who thinks that france and the un are not working under the auspices of the usa is a fucktard....

yes folks, the nation which spends more on its military than the rest of the world combined is in a very precarious security situation and what better to do than send american troops to die for some ignorant god-forsaken cause....

I'll never understand why it's Ok to bomb and thus kill the poor stupid bastards that have been conscripted to man the tanks and apc's, ect, while kit glove treatment must be accorded the leaders. Ok, I know why, it's just that as one of the conscripts I don't agree! If you would just kill the leader I wouldn't need to man the tank and i wouldn't have to die!

Still no fuss in CONgress about the failure of the Kenyan Usurper-in-Chief to obtain a CONgressional declaration of war before attacking a sovereign nation with U.S. warplanes and missiles, an act of war by any standard.

I mean, he confessed to treason already! He is on record in the Senate as saying the president cannot send troops into battle without congressional approval. He has done so. Therefore, by his own words, on the record, he is guilty of treason.